Landscape Design & Installation Advice

Your Greater Chicago commercial space looks its best when your lawn is in great shape – nice and thick with an emerald green color that draws people in.

On top of that, great commercial lawn areas reduce runoff, minimize erosion, clean the air, neutralize pollutants, and absorb and slow the flow of stormwater.

A lawn that looks this perfect and brings all of these benefits to your property doesn’t happen overnight. There are quite a few services that are necessary to keep your commercial turf – a living plant – healthy and happy.

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You want to keep your Greater Chicago HOA looking its best, no matter what the time of year it is.

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As an HOA property manager, you probably get a lot of questions about HOA landscaping policies. Homeowners who live there naturally want to understand what they can do and what they can’t do when it comes to managing their outdoor spaces.

Rules in any Greater Chicago HOA can vary, which can make it confusing for homeowners. In fact, they may think they can do what they did at their old HOA at a new HOA, but the rules may be different.

And these rules are for the overall good of the community; they are in place to make the HOA grounds look good and function properly for everyone who lives there.

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Landscapes can bring a lot of positivity to people.

The physical benefits of getting outside in nature are obvious, but there are also social, emotional, spiritual, and psychological benefits.

This is what makes gardens amazing additions to hospitals and healthcare facilities in Greater Chicago. They can offer so many advantages to their patients, staff, and visitors.

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No one ever said being a commercial property manager in Greater Chicago was easy. You have a lot on your plate – inside your buildings, as well as outside. But there’s so much going on, it can be easy to forget about those outside maintenance needs.

Start by taking a moment to walk through your commercial landscape. What do you see from the perspective of a visitor to your site?

You want to see a neat, tidy landscape with a lush, green lawn; healthy, blooming trees, shrubs, and plants; and no unsafe areas that could hinder guests from getting where they need to go.

And this is crucial because your property’s appearance can make a huge impact on how many people come to your location on a regular basis, as well as recruitment and retention efforts, business sales, and community reputation and perception.

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While Greater Chicago commercial properties may have a dedicated focus on the business taking place inside their buildings, making sure they maintain their landscapes is just as important to the bottom line.

In fact, neglecting your commercial curb appeal landscaping can actually lead to employees, guests, and visitors feeling like your environment isn’t safe, and it can even decrease the overall appearance and reputation of your business – not to mention increasing costs as a result of needed repairs and landscape renovations.

When it comes to boosting your facility’s curb appeal and property value, even the smallest aesthetic changes can have an immediate impact on your commercial business.

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In Greater Chicago, we look forward to a warm spring and summer after our typically cold and windy winters that bring lots of snow and ice.

The warm weather brings chances for enjoying outdoor activities like your backyard cookouts, relaxing with family and friends on the patio, and playing with your dog on the lawn.

Typically, Greater Chicago temperatures begin to warm up in early April.

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As a Greater Chicago commercial landscape property manager, you have a lot of responsibilities on your very full plate.

You must make sure the interior of your facility is working well and keeping everyone indoors happy. But you also want to make sure you’re covering all of your outdoor bases because you know how much a great landscape can impact your entire operation.

You can be instantly judged by customers, visitors, or guests who see your building’s exterior appearance and disapprove. Making that positive first impression is crucial.

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You may find yourself looking at several bids on the table, detailing landscape maintenance plans for your Greater Chicago homeowners association (HOA).

As you look at these HOA landscaping bids, you have to compare the similarities and differences and make a final decision. But, unfortunately, no two contracts are worded exactly the same, making this process challenging, adding to your already long list of to-dos.

At the end of the day, you just want to hire a commercial landscape maintenance company that has the same high standards for quality work that you do on other areas of your property. After all, the landscape firm you hire will be a partner – an extension of your property management team.

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There’s not much flowering trees can’t do for your Greater Chicago commercial property.

Those delicate blooms and the intoxicating fragrance they bring. Many times, they are the first to bloom after a long winter, and if that doesn’t draw more people to your property, we don't know what doesn’t.

Flowering trees can be great additions to your commercial properties, especially near patios, along sidewalks, and near entryways.

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